Books published by Emerald Publishing Inc

Provides a fresh look at educational reform through the lens of teacher preparation. It poses the question "Why service-learning now?" as it discusses the meaningful ways service-learning pedagogy can transform the approaches used to prepare teachers to educate tomorrow's children.

This volume is a product of the Conference on Research on the Enacted Mathematics Curriculum, funded by the National Science Foundation and held in Tampa, Florida in November 2010. It has the potential to be useful to a range of researchers, from established veterans in curriculum research to new researchers in this area of mathematics education.

This volume is a product of the Conference on Research on the Enacted Mathematics Curriculum, funded by the National Science Foundation and held in Tampa, Florida in November 2010. It has the potential to be useful to a range of researchers, from established veterans in curriculum research to new researchers in this area of mathematics education.

Presents a collection of research strands on theory of mind research. The title describes its historical roots and suggests improved alternatives. The focus of the volume is to provide a review and critical analysis of the literature on a contemporary domain of knowledge on young children's theory of mind.

Presents a collection of research strands on theory of mind research. The title describes its historical roots and suggests improved alternatives. The focus of the volume is to provide a review and critical analysis of the literature on a contemporary domain of knowledge on young children's theory of mind.

This is an effort by students of curriculum studies, along with their professor, to interpret and understand curriculum texts and theorists of the 1960s in contemporary terms. The authors explore how key books/authors from the curriculum field of the 1960s illuminate new possibilities forward for us as scholar educators today.

Each of the essays in this collection offer a perspective on one of four key questions that have long drawn scholarly attention: What should schools teach? Who gets to decide? How should educators adapt to a changing world to provide opportunity for all students? How should educators' experiences be interpreted for future audiences?

Each of the essays in this collection offer a perspective on one of four key questions that have long drawn scholarly attention: What should schools teach? Who gets to decide? How should educators adapt to a changing world to provide opportunity for all students? How should educators' experiences be interpreted for future audiences?

Social Entrepreneurship as a Catalyst for Social Change contains twenty chapters on the impact of socialentrepreneurial ventures within a variety of cultural and national contexts. From Brazil to Croatia, fromThailand to Greenland, this book is rare in that it provides a rich landscape in which to imagine additionalefforts to bring about positive social change. The case studies cover a broad range of topics with onecommon theme-how can we learn from what others are doing in the emerging field of socialentrepreneurship? The various cases will inspire budding entrepreneurs to new heights of awareness tosupport the alleviation of poverty in many contexts.Part Two, Lessons from the Field: How Social Entrepreneurial Companies are Succeeding, discusses thesimilarities and differences that social entrepreneurial ventures and other businesses must face to besuccessful. Other topics covered include Entrepreneur Bootcamp for Veterans, microfinance, social entrepreneurship education, and development of aculture of social entrepreneurship.Part Three, Going from Local to Global, explores the challenges of a social enterprise as it transitions from a national venture to an international one.The relationship between social entrepreneurship and local business development in places such as Sicily is discussed through case studies. A stagetheory of social venture internationalization is put forth. Research connecting social media and social entrepreneurship is used to illustrate theimportance of social networks in creating positive social change.Part four, Challenges in Social Entrepreneurship, explores the challenges that social entrepreneurial ventures face. Ethics of intellectual property rightsin social enterprises is a focal topic in this section. Social franchising as an approach to social entrepreneurship is illustrated.

This is designed for thoughtful leaders working in the complexity and messiness of their daily organisational lives. It is a book first and foremost about people, about the ways they find purpose, creativity and meaning in their professional work; how they thrive in community and fulfil their deep desire to be of service to others against seemingly impossible odds and limitations.